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| About the Author Raquel Victoria 27th May 2012 6:26pm #UserID: 6980 Posts: 5 View All Raquel's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author JUJUBE FOR SALE 27th May 2012 7:17pm #UserID: 2706 Posts: 715 View All JUJUBE FOR SALE's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Wendy C says... I planted a bisexual red papaya about 6 months ago and it is growing beautifully at about 2.5 metres tall. It has been producing male flowers for about 2 months, but no sign yet of the elusive female flower. Do the female flowers come on after the male, or in the second season or do I have a dud? If it is never going to get female flowers, should I remove it and start again with another supposed bisexual, or plant some standard seedlings and see if some females turn up to keep this male company (and get some fruit)? Will red paw paws fertilise yellow ones? | About the Author Wendy C Carina 21st June 2013 1:20pm #UserID: 8064 Posts: 1 View All Wendy C's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Mike says... It won't change from male to female.Make sure it is a male and not a bisex,any pix? Bisex ones have a lower proportion of males resulting but are less cold hardy generally.Yellows usually handle cold better than reds but fruit don't taste as good. All paw paws can cross fertilise but you'll need a male or bisex one. | About the Author Cairns 25th June 2013 7:43pm #UserID: 5418 Posts: 1438 View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author gus 26th June 2013 12:01am #UserID: 3596 Posts: 216 View All gus's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author Cairns 26th June 2013 1:08am #UserID: 5418 Posts: 1438 View All 's Edible Fruit Trees |
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denise1 says... Just for the record. Babaco can sometimes set a few hybrid seeds if pollenated by a mountain pawpaw. If the babaco is actually grafted onto a mountain pawpaw and hand pollenated then the babaco can set stacks of fertile hybrid seeds. However there is little use as the hybrids are mostly inferior to the babaco. There was a hybrid of babaco and a very small hardly edible orange fruit. The hybrid fruit were about 8cms and with a reasonable taste similar to apricot. That was in the rare fruit boom of the 1975 to 1985 era. Who knows if it still exists. It could have been improved further and been of some use. The potential still exists. | About the Author denise1 auckland NZ 26th June 2013 10:40am #UserID: 6832 Posts: 688 View All denise1's Edible Fruit Trees |
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Phil@Tyalgum says... Denise have you ever come across these two hybrids? I think they are still around in private collections in New Zealand judging by a Google search. I wonder if they are worth getting hold of? I need a new best friend across the Tasman.....
| About the Author TyalgumPhil Murwillumbah 26th June 2013 6:03pm #UserID: 960 Posts: 1377 View All TyalgumPhil's Edible Fruit Trees |
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denise1 says... The rainbow valley pawpaw is only an improvement to the mountain pawpaw in that the sides are flat not grooved. It is still not as good as the babaco. I have used it as a rootstock for papaya. The other one is similar to rainbow valley but just bigger. The Austens of Kaitaia showed me samples of dozens of their hybrids. My opinion is that the apricot one is a good direction to go if the parent plant could be found. I will contact George but suspect the plants are no longer kept. | About the Author denise1 auckland NZ 27th June 2013 8:33am #UserID: 6832 Posts: 688 View All denise1's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author TyalgumPhil Murwillumbah 27th June 2013 9:46am #UserID: 960 Posts: 1377 View All TyalgumPhil's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author denise1 auckland NZ 27th June 2013 10:33am #UserID: 6832 Posts: 688 View All denise1's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author TyalgumPhil Murwillumbah 27th June 2013 10:44am #UserID: 960 Posts: 1377 View All TyalgumPhil's Edible Fruit Trees |
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| About the Author Georgia1967 Wonthaggi 27th April 2019 3:31am #UserID: 20227 Posts: 1 View All Georgia1967's Edible Fruit Trees |
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